MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 22:13
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 561 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 108 86% 109 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 99 Splatting 90.6 77% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 361 Write 208 Mixed 240 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 36.1 124% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 136 123% 186 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 85%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 157 153 153 153 152 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.3% Good	Read 209 Write 5.5 Mixed 210 SusWrite 155 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 36.4 125% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 136 124% 188 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 808GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 106 Mixed 108 SusWrite 122 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 120 122 124 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 121 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	144x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16